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MI-riM-lfetk From The Gallup Daily Independent High Yesterday Low Last Night 56 10 42 Volume 68 Number 300 Full Lease Wire Service Gallup, New Mexico Monday, Dec. 31, 1956 Price 7 Cents BARBARA KOZEUSKI TAKES NURSE'S OATH: pital for five weeks indoctrination and then report Misses. Shirley, right, and Barbara Kozeliaki are to National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Md for showq taking the oath, administered by Lt. Com- duty. Miss Kozeliski is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs mander W. H. Johnston, as they become Navy nurs- Julian Kozeliski df Gallup; Navy Photo) Naval Hos- IBEST EVER! Progress Marks End Of 1956 In IMian Capital The" leap year is about to die. the stroke 'of midnight old man 1.956 passes on to become a chap-' in the history of" Gallup, the that grew around and beyond railroad depot to become the u'n- Capital 'of the (Vrld. i The passing year leaves its mark Progress.

It leaves an increase population, an increase in the krbas business done by Gallup mer- ants, an increase in employment, new homes, in new buildings hnd in new ideas. It leaves, a ailenge for the coming year. old year marked the com- of dial telephones to Gallup. friendly, please," tame history as. Gallupites arued to turn a dial to reach party.

old year marked, for the tret. time, in years, i election of two Republicans to jity Richard Poiis- becatne McKinley County's ate Senator and Howard Wilson sheriff, An Independent was elected to he Town Board tor the first time over 20 years. Eddie Munpz bc- City Councilman on the lependent ticket. And Ike and Mechem carried county in the "big election to repeaters. The Gallup Independent in-' ascd its circulation over 20 let cent.

The Gallup High School Tigers gan.to play football on a grass otball field. The 'Indian Hospital was given and except for a few the three'million dollar in- jtitution is about to be built in lallup. i I The old city hall, a landmark if ere ever was one. was razed to hake room for a parking lot. Among the new built were Central Motors and J-.

C. are now housed in the most modern of edifices. Peternel's and Mathews moved into new buildings to give Gallup shoppers. better' displays. The El Paso Natural Gas began a program of expansion that should result in the expenditure of over 10 million dollans in the Gallup area.

A community Council was form, ed and began prompt action to provide recreational facilities for The big fight on Highway 66 was resolved with the State Highway Commission pledging the immediate widening of Railroad' Avenue to make it a four lane thoroughfare with traffic from both directions. The city of Gallup a new chief of police. Manuel Gonzales worked his way up. from the ranks, was selected to itfend the FBI Institute in Washington, D. and is well on his way towards Traffic Toll BO MB 41DS TTEA1 395 LAST TBAB THIS DATE 361 BAP DIED ON NBW MEXICO IDGHWATfl Year's Eve Party Horns and Favors Fu For All IWAGON WHEEL BAR 406 W.

66 Avc. improvement of the local police department. Mayor D. -Moliica was reelected by the Board of Trustees as mayor for the second time. "Mickey" decided not to run for Sheriff and will probably private business in 1957.

Navajo Tribe did well' in 1956; Over Wii million was received in bonsus for oil and gas leases individuals alone receiving over half a million: Work was continued on the Indian Memorial. Some changes in the original plans will be made. Work will continue in 1957 with the first breaking of ground scheduled in the very near future. Finally, County Clerk Dan Gutierrez reported that 471 marriage licenses were issued in the leap year. Only about eight maiti until midnight' and the golden opportunity will then fade for another four years Tile staff of the Gallup Independent takes this opportunity to wish its min.r readers a happy, pros- perms New Year.

Rain Holds Key To Wheat Crop SANTA FE, N.M.—UP—Timely Winter and Spring moisture holds the Key to the future of the Winter wheat crop in New Mexico, the Santa Fe Railway crop report stated Monday. 'In the entire Southwestern Winter wheat territory, subsoil moisture is very deficient," the report declared. The U.S. Department of. Agriculture 'reported last week that the winter wheat acreage sown in the Fall of 1956 in New Mexico as the smallest acreage seeded since 1942.

The report noted that damage to tile. Winter wheat by wind had been "light as yet" but that lack SWINFORDS Will be Closed January 2, 1957 For Inventory I of vegetative cover left the soil "highly susceptible" to wind erosion. Lack of enough room lor root development was described as responsible for practically no wheat pasture being available on non-irrigated fields of New Mexico. Picking of cotton in the Texas high plains and in New Mexico is practically complete, although many gins still ran near capacity. Near perfect weather enabled farmers to get the crop out with a minimum of delay.

The range, report noted that con- drought had resulted in i the lowest rangt feed condition for December 1 since 1934. Sheep and lambs were generally below average condition In New Mexico, Arizona and Utah. Cattle have been' sold close in the dry areas, with a limited demand (or stacker citlte In the West. Jack O'Connor To Exhibit Pain tings Jack O'Connor, secretary-manag, er of the Gallup Chamber, of Commerce and one of the-states outstanding artists, have more 'than 20 works exhibited at the first Jonson Art Gallery show of t-he New Year, Jan 6 to Feb 1, it was announced by Raymond Johnson, Gallery 'director. O'Connor studied at the University of New Mexico and Highlands University.

His show will consist of 22 Oils, tempera and ors. He has exhibited in the state before, having had a one-man show at Santa Fe, and'at other art cen- Icrs in New Mexico. Report Made On State Owned Land The state of Mexico.has some 11,596,240 acres of fully-owned state lands, according to a study made by the University of New Mexico's Bureau of Business Rc- icarch at the request of the New Mexico Land Resources Association. Associations said "this is the most comprehensive total ever a- chicved, but it is not quite complete because a few agencies do not have adequate records on some minor properties in their possession." The report showed that in Me- Kinley county, the state owns 5.3 per cent of the county's total area. Clothing Starts Search For Bodv ALBUQUERQUE.

N. M. Authorities searched the mesa southeast of here Monday for the of a woman, owner of slashed and bloody clothes found Sunday. Meanwhile, tests were being conducted lo determine if the Wood Is human blood. The clothing- was found by a passerby just before sundown Sunday, preventing a search then.

City police, who first investigated the case 'before turning it over to the sheriff's department, reported Footprints from what appeared to be a tennis shoe in the area. The. Clothing was woman's sweater, dress, hamlJcurchlef and hall-slip. Police said the dress had Tour slits in it which appeared to have been- cut by cither very sharp knife or raor. A check was also being made In the missing bureau, Halt Airliners In Bomb Scare 'Bomb Fever' Grips Nation By UNITED PRESS A bomb scare epidemic which has plagued New York for the past week appeared to be spreading nationally Monday.

New York police stepped up their huge manhunt for the "Mad Bomber" who has planted 32 lethal calling cards tsinie 1940 in the city. Crank calls which snowballed in the wake of the bomber's two forays last week diminished over the weekend alter -a Friday when 40 false' bomb alarms were reported. A stick of dynamite with a timing device was found Monday by an attendant in a men's room of one entrance to the huge railroad terminal was blocked off Jn the event the bomb exploded. In the. same city Sunday night bomb warning telephone call to Continental Airlines forced the emergency landings -of three flights at Garden City, Topeka and Hutehinson, Kan.

No suspicious material was found after a search of those planes and others still on the ground at Kansas City by Monday, morning. A crude; bomb also was discovered in a Wichita, theater Sunday night. Police said tests were being made to determine "whether it's the-real-McCoy." Other crank calls, sent police on a wild goose chase in Hartford, Conn and South Orange, N.J. But there was no rest for harried police and bomb squad detectives. Twenty-five hoax calls were received Saturday and 12 Sunday, the last one pinpointing the huge Paramount Theater In New York's Times Square as a bomb target.

After a preliminary search, made without disturbing movie patrons, police returned to the Weather GALLUP: Variable high cloudiness with generally mild tempera, tures through Tuesday Low tonight 15. high Tuesday 55. theater for a row-by-row check early Monday. The Paramount has twice been the target of the "Mad his most recent foray last Thursday. On those occasions, the bombs, both lethal, were delected before their detonation.

Police also combed the Roxy theater in midtown Manhattan after a caller said a bomb had been planted there Sunday night. The theater "scare" brought to M9 the number 'of bomb threats made sjnce 'Christmas Eve when a device, ascribed to the "Mad was found in a telephone booth at the New York public library. During this jreriod, 10 "bombs" have been found in public places, eight of them duds. Seek To Identify Skeleton Of Man ALBUQUERQUE, N. M.

Sheriff's officers planned to check the records of a Santa Fe dentist Monday in a further attempt to idnetify the skeleton found on the East Mesa here last week. Authorities believe' the skeleton might be the remains of a 52- year-old Albuquerque poultry salesfnan, L. Brown, who vanished in 1954. Five relatives of Brown were unable to identify the remains Sunday, but told deputies Brown had had some dental work done in Santa Fe shortly before his disappearance. Benny Herrera, sheriff's chief of deputies, said part of the physical description of the skeleton fitted that of Brown.

He said the coat and waist sizes were identical. The skeleton was found Friday after two boys had told police they saw it while hiking home. Authorities now believe the man to have died in 1954, rather than four to six years ago as was first estimated. Berrcra said a five- cent piece, dated 1954, was found In a coin purse in one of the pockets. 4 Continental Planes Searched KANSAS CITY, Mo.

An anonymous phone cull reporting- a bomb a Continental Airliner between Kansas City and Denver has touched off an intensive search of flights. Four Continental planes were searched Sundaj' night and the first flight due to leave at 7 a.m. was carefully investigated, detectives said. The bomb scare began Sunday night when a Continental Airline received a telephone call from a man who said "I think you ought to know there's a bomb on one of your planes going to Denver." Four Planes Smirched Three Continental planes had -departed earlier were gruuh'd- ed at Topcka, Garden City and Hutehinson, Kan. A fourth flight due to leave the municipal airport here was searched before departure.

FBI agents, postal inspectors and police went through mail, air express and freight and baggage but were unable to find anything "suspicious." The planes were delayed from 55 minutes to one and one-half hours before released. In Denver, where the bombing of a United Air Lines plane Nov. 1, 1955, in which 44 persons died, was still a frightening memory. Continental officials said apparently the call was a "hoax." the FBI nor police in to investigate at A spokesman said all flights Monday wore being "scrutinized closely" to be on the safe side. But neither were called Denver.

John Gilbert Graham was convicted of putting a dynamite bomb aboard the United Air Lines plane in 1955 and now is in death row at the state penitentiary at Canon City, Colo, awaiting execution in less than two twecks in the state's gas chamber. Among those killed when plane exploded in flight the and crashed nen Longmont, just north of Denver, was Graham's mother, Mrs. Daisic King. Every Precaution VV. Fowler, Continental manager at Kansas City, said "it was probably the work of some prankster who picked up 'the idea -from these reports of a 'mad bomber' in New York." Fowler said the airline was taking "every precaution." He said there were six flights daily between Kansas City and Denver but declined to say if all 'would be searched before takeoff.

Canal Clearance Hits Snag Again PORT SAID The United Nations salvage operations to clear the Suez canal was ordered stopped before it started due to unexpected technical problems Monday. The salvage operation ran into its first snag only a few hours after it was ordered underway. 11 was called off because a survey of obsrluctions in the stretch tween El Cap and the Firdan bridge had not been completed. All salvage units proceeding south from Port Said harbor were ordered to halt immediately by retired U.S. Lt.

Gen. Raymond A. Floods Now Threaten California Fire Area Last Of Four Blazes Brought Under Control MALIBU, Calif. A serious flood threat from mountains denuded of brush faced Southern California Monday in the wake of a scourge of 10 devastating fires that swept over a total. of some 45,000 acres since Christmas.

Firelighters Sunday brought under control the last four fires in the unusual scries of outbreaks, which claimed one life, destroyed 67 homes and inflicted more than $60 million in property and watershed damage. But the fires posed another threat. Authorities (cured serious floods would result from approaching Winter rains which could ycod tor- rents of runoff water cascading down denuded mountain slopes Into inhabited areas. Such floods coult psove as destructive or worse thnn the fire plague.itself. In the past, floodwntcrs in fire- rav'agcd areas have caused severe damage.

President Elsenhower declarer! the fire areas, a "disaster area" Saturday because of their swaths of destruction. The weather helped bent down the last flames of the fires that were the worst in Southern California history. The fire rash itself was probably the most devastating mountain fire series on record in Southern California. Air moisture put a damper on the last stubborn flames Sunday and winds which had whipped the flames with gusts up to 70 miles iin hour lust week had d'cd down. The fires controlled Sunday were the four major blazus in the series.

They were two In the Santa Monica mountains along the coast, Zuma Beach and Mallbu, one Inland and In the same mountain range at Lake Sherwood nd other to the north near Plru. The other blazes occurred at the Palos Vcrdos Estates south of Los Angeles, in the fashionable Bel- Air hill srcUon near Beverly Hills In Ventura county, the Hollywood Hills, NcwbaU and Wheeler, in charge of the United Nations clearing task. Earlier, units of the UN salvage fleet started moving into position along the canal to clear it at "full speed." Ships arc expected to begin moving through it by early March. Mohammed Younis, general manager of the Egyptian Suez Canal Authority, gave his government's okay Sunday for the start of full scale clearing work. Preliminary work was begun Saturday when a Dutch diver began an initial survey at Suez in the South and Wheeler ordered his men and ships into all-out action Monday.

Before the technical hitch developed, Wheeler had said: "My orders arc to start work this morning. My ships arc moving up to take position. This is the day." Two Job Openings Al Slate IVnik'iiliary The warden at the Penitentiary of New 'Mexico announced he is seeking applicants for the following positions; Construction a thorough knowledge and experience in the fluid of building. Hospital Technician with the following qualifications: ability to supervise general hos- pital'activities; to instruct cor-, rcctjonal officers in hospital duties; to Instruct and supervise in. mate workers; to perform "routine labornlory tests and to care for laboratory; to advance and learn in this field through instructions by the Chief Mcdicnl Officer.

Interested persons are requested lo write to the Warden's Office, O. Box Santa Fe, for application blanks nnd to arrange or oral Interviews..